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GVC participation and deep integration in Brazil
Hollweg, Claire H.; Rocha, Nadia - 2018
Co-operation and Development/World Trade Organization's Trade in Value Added Database to assess Brazil's current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002360
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The evolution of deep trade agreements
Mattoo, Aaditya; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241390
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Third-country effects of regional trade agreements : a firm-level analysis
Lee, Woori; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019
Do regional trade agreements negatively impact non-members? This paper revisits this long-standing trade policy question using firm-level data and detailed information on the content of trade agreements. Differently from the conventional view on trade diversion, the analysis identifies a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167921
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Deep trade agreements and global value chains
Laget, Edith; Osnago, Alberto; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2018
, but the impact varies by income group. Provisions outside the current mandate of the World Trade Organization (investment … under the current World Trade Organization mandate (tariff reduction and customs facilitation) drive the effect of trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902822
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How preferential is preferential trade?
Espitia, Alvaro; Mattoo, Aaditya; Mimouni, Mondher; … - 2018
World trade is increasingly ruled by preferential trade agreements (PTAs), but their precise nature remains relatively … Trade Center and the World Bank. The data set covers 5,203 products, 199 reporters, and 239 partners, representing … approximately 97 percent of world imports in 2016. There are three main findings. First, PTAs have significantly widened the scope …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874980
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Effective trade costs and the current account : an empirical analysis
Boz, Emine; Li, Nan; Zhang, Hongrui - 2019
A view receiving increased support is that the height of trade costs in prime export sectors has a strong effect on current account balances: countries specializing in sectors that face relatively high trade costs, such as services, tend to run current account deficits, and similarly, countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001519
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The measurement of external accounts
Adler, Gustavo; Garcia-Macia, Daniel; Krogstrup, Signe - 2019
Growing international integration in trade and finance can challenge the measurement of external accounts. This paper presents a unified conceptual framework for identifying sources of mismeasurement of foreign investment income in current account balances. The framework allows to derive a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102053
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Trade wars and trade deals : estimated effects using a multi-sector model
Caceres, Carlos; Cerdeiro, Diego A.; Mano, Rui C. - 2019
This paper studies the potential long-term effects of three illustrative scenarios using a multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) trade model calibrated to 165 countries. The first scenario estimates effects from potential U.S. auto tariffs. The second analyzes a 'transactional deal'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102091
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Climate disaster risks : empirics and a multi-phase dynamic model
Mittnik, Stefan; Semmler, Willi; Haider, Alexander - 2019
Recent research in financial economics has shown that rare large disasters have the potential to disrupt financial sectors via the destruction of capital stocks and jumps in risk premia. These disruptions often entail negative feedback e?ects on the macroecon-omy. Research on disaster risks has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102117
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Assessing IMF lending : a model of sample selection
Mäder, Nicolas; Poulain, Jean-Guillaume; Reynaud, Julien - 2019
Extending previous work on the determinants of IMF lending in an interconnected world, we introduce a model of sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102145